Our research continues the momentum guiding the ecological turn which has come to dominate the humanities in 21st Century. Extending this, we propose Ecological Gyre Theory: the turn growing unfixed and gyroscopic as acceleration and flows destabilise contemporary frameworks of being.
Jaxon Waterhouse is a writer and publisher exploring greening
philosophy and seeking new ways to talk about the natural world and our place within it. Chantelle Mitchell is a
researcher, curator and writer leveraging fragmentary and archival approaches to address structure and place in
ecological frames.
Under the auspices of their ongoing research project, Ecological Gyre Theory, Chantelle and
Jaxon have presented their research at Crisis, the 2019 ANU Humanities Research Conference. 2020 sees further
realisations of Ecological Gyre Theory appearing in Unlikely journal, art+Australia, as exhibition and as lecture-performance in institutions across Australia, and under peer review.
